Jetion vs ARTsolar - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Jetion has the broader catalog (95 vs 0 models). Jetion leans bifacial (92% of lineup).
Both catalogues are read from the manufacturers' own datasheets. A brand is not scored against the market here, only against the other brand on this page.
The two companies
Jetion Solar specializes in the research, development, production, and sales of solar PV products. The company has achieved significant accomplishments in terms of production capacity and innovative designs. Jetion Solar joined CNBM (China National Building Materials Group Corporation) in 2014.
- Founded
- 2004
- Headquarters
- Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
- Annual capacity
- 2.5 GW/year
- Employees
- 1500-3000
- Tier 1 bankable
- Yes
Catalogue against catalogue
An average over a catalogue describes the range a manufacturer publishes, not the module you would buy. A brand with two flagship panels and eighty older ones averages worse than one that has retired its back catalogue.
What each of them builds
Jetion skews to higher efficiency: 34% of lineup is 23%+
Jetion offers more 600W+ panels (44% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>TOPCon</strong> (60%)
The flagships
Written summary
ARTsolar is a South African solar module company founded in 2011 and headquartered in Pinetown (New Germany), KwaZulu-Natal. It has marketed itself as the country's only locally owned panel manufacturer and received an R90-million loan from the Industrial Development Corporation to build domestic production capacity. However, court proceedings reported by GroundUp in 2025 presented shipping records showing that the company imported 99 percent of the panels it sold from China between 2019 and 2023, and ARTsolar subsequently withdrew a related gagging lawsuit against whistleblowers, tendering costs to all parties. No BloombergNEF Tier 1 recognition for ARTsolar has been confirmed by credible sources. Jetion Solar, by contrast, was founded in 2004 in China and joined CNBM - China National Building Materials Group, a state-backed Fortune 500 conglomerate - in 2014. Jetion holds confirmed BloombergNEF Tier 1 status (first achieved across consecutive quarters from Q1 2021) and operates a combined annual cell and module manufacturing footprint of several gigawatts across plants in China and Thailand. Institutionally, Jetion carries the far stronger and more verifiable footprint.
On the product side, Jetion offers monocrystalline PERC and higher-wattage modules targeting residential, commercial, and utility-scale ground-mount projects across more than 60 countries. Its panels have been independently listed on SolarReviews and ENF Solar, and the brand is regularly specifiable in bankable project finance. ARTsolar lists monocrystalline modules for Southern African residential and commercial rooftop segments; however, given the unresolved questions about the actual origin and manufacturing process behind its panels, independent verification of performance data is limited.
For a typical buyer in 2025, Jetion is the more straightforward choice where bankability, third-party verification, and supply-chain transparency matter. ARTsolar may appeal to buyers seeking a South African brand identity, but the manufacturing controversy warrants due diligence before specifying it in any project requiring confirmed local-content compliance.
- ARTsolar imports 99% of panels, court told - GroundUp
- ARTsolar withdraws gagging case, tenders costs - GroundUp
- Jetion Solar manufacturer profile and reviews - SolarReviews
- Jetion Solar ranked on Q4 BloombergNEF Tier 1 PV Module Maker List
- ARTsolar accused of selling imported panels as locally made - Green Building Africa
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-14
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